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32  Introduc I ng bud apest

National Revival and the
“Springtime of Revolutions”

the dynamic economic development of buda and pest began
at the start of the 19th century. pest, in particular, benefited
from favourable circumstances for the grain trade and
became, in the napoleonic Wars, an important centre for
the Habsburg mon archy. a national revival and rekindling Extent of the City
of cultural life took place after the napoleonic Wars. the 1848 Today
Hungarian national Museum and many other public and
private buildings were built at this time. Yet, Hungarian
reformers were hampered by the Viennese royal court and
an uprising erupted in the spring of 1848. this re bellion was Count György Andrássy,
suppressed by the Habsburgs, with the help of the russian offered 10,000 forints towards
army, and a period of absolutism followed. the building of the Hungarian
Academy of Sciences.

The Advance of the Hussars
In this watercolour, painted in 1850,
Mór Than depicts fighting in the Battle
of Tápióbicske of 1849. The Hungarian
side was led by a Polish general,
Henryk Dembiński.

The Founding of the Academy
In 1825, István Széchenyi put up 60,000
forints towards the building of Hungarian
Academy of Sciences (see p118), a move
The Great Flood which led to a national effort to collect
This bas-relief, made funds for it. Barnabás Holló created this
by Barnabás Holló in bas-relief depicting the major donors.
1905, shows a heroic
rescue by Count Miklós
Wesselényi during the
Great Flood of 1838.

1802 Count Ferenc Széchényi donates 1809 Royal court moves from Vienna to 1817 First steamboat sails
collections which will form the basis for Buda as Napoleon advances. Despite his on Danube in the environs
National Széchényi Library (see p76) and offer of Hungarian independence, the of Buda and Pest
Hungarian National Museum (see pp134–7) Hungarians back the Habsburgs

1800 1805 1810 1815 1820
1808 Establishment of the
Embellishment Commission, led by
Governor Archduke Joseph
Boats on
the Danube

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